The Digital World was a special place where Digimon could live together peacefully. It was split into many different countries, islands, and continents with different climates and weather conditions where Digimon could thrive. It was known as a paradise at one point in time.
However, that was the past, and the present was a shadow of its former glory. The world was twisted into a distorted funnel, the islands and landmasses spiraling down into a void of nothing. And at the lowest point of the funnel, past the dark void, was a lone castle, warped and disoriented by the disruption of the world. Its towers were mangled and misshapen, and its windows and doors looked as if they had begun to melt. The dark stones the castle was made of looked soggy, and dripped black liquids into the nothingness below it. Within the castle, lived the unspeakable evil that had caused all the distortion.
A gigantic Digimon sat within the castle, sitting in a large throne that was as soggy as the rest of his distorted home. He was dragon-like, with four arms, two large cannons on his back, and strange energy around him, forming a second head.
"Starmon!" He bellowed. "What is your report on the Other World?"
A star-shaped Digimon walked to Milleniummon's throne. He had lanky arms and legs, and wore a short yellow scarf. "Sir. The enemy is attempting to regroup after our DigiDestined's last attack."
"Good." Milleniummon muttered. "Send someone to finish them off. One of our armies, perhaps."
"Sir, if you don't mind me asking, why are we sending an army? If our tamers in the Other World are able to defeat them, shouldn't we send them instead?"
Milleniummon hissed at Starmon. "I didn't send those humans to get rid of those pesky tamers. You know exactly why I sent them, Starmon."
Something clicked in the Champion Digimon's mind. "Oh yeah! I remember."
"Now, gather up your forces."
"You're sending me?"
"You are my General."
"Oh... uh, got it. I'll go get my guys."
"And make sure to crush those DigiDestined!" Milleniummon added as his subordinate disapeared.
The Mega Digimon opened his mouth and a new voice escaped from him.
"Why?" The voice screamed. It was a small voice that clashed fiercely with Milleniummon's normal one. "Why do you have to do this? Why did you bring me into this?"
Milleniummon coughed. "Because you were closest and had the weakest will. You were easy to control. Now shut up and enjoy the ride to chaos!"
...
Three days had passed since the original DigiDestined revealed themselves. Although it was welcome, the new DigiDestined were finding it a bit difficult to adjust to the changes.
Their parent's Digimon came around more often, and tended to stick around and tell stories of their adventures. Whenever the Digimon came, the children began seeing different sides of their parents they'd never seen before, which made things extremely awkward for everyone. Not only that, but Spade and Viral opted to have their superiors to train them and their Digimon in special fighting tactics.
"So Dracomon was the Digimon that helped us beat the Mamemon." Platinum murmured as she petted the aforementioned Dragon Digimon.
Jerri nodded as she set plates on the kitchen table. "He's a tough one, isn't he?"
Will walked into the kitchen, his feet tapping on the tiled floor. BlackGuilmon followed behind him, drool dripping from his maw. "What's for dinner, Mama!" The young Digimon salivated.
Ranamon walked into the kitchen as well, winking at Will as she went by. "Ramen is today's dish!" The Aquatic Digimon announced as she opened a steaming pot that sat on the kitchen stove. "Thanks to yours truly!" She picked up the pot and dished out noodles onto everyone's plate.
Will and BlackGuilmon sat down and clasped their hands together in prayer. "Thanks for the grub!" They said.
Platinum, Jerri, and Dracomon all sat down as well. They all were about to dig in when Platinum pondered something.
"Hey, I just remembered something." She began, "Ranamon, you have never been in that form before you came to the Real World, right?"
Ranamon nodded. "Yeah..."
"And you don't have arms in your previous form, Syakomon, right?"
"Yeah, so?" Blacky huffed and gobbled up his plate of ramen whole.
"If this is all true, then where did you learn to cook?"
Ranamon looked puzzled. "You have to learn how to cook?"
Blacky suddenly fell backwards, coughing and wheezing. "Wa-water!" The Digimon ran to the sink and ran water over his tougue.
The three humans looked down at their plates in fear. "I'm thinking we should order out..." Will said. The others nodded.
"In hindsight, making human food is probably a dumb thing to do when I've never made anything edible in the Digital World." Ranamon whimpered as she poked her plate of noodles.
...
Renamon leaped from building to building. She had decided to explore the town today, since she wasn't very hungry and didn't want to stay for dinner. She wondered why Platinum had decided to stay at Will's house for dinner. Renamon thought it to be silly, since she could easily take her home in an instant to eat with her parents. Besides, they were trying to save two worlds. There was no time for things like teen love and all of that drama. They needed to focus, especially since the Dark DigiDestined had appeared.
Renamon continued to bound over the city until she spotted something odd. A small creature, apparently made out of different colored building blocks.
"A ToyAgumon? Another leak from the Digital World, huh?" The Beast Digimon muttered to herself.
The Digimon looked around, surveying the area for some reason. "Come on! Go!"
All at once, a small army of ToyAgumon bust from the shadows. Some looked different than others, as some were made from dark colored block or were see-through.
The first ToyAgumon cleared his throat. "You were all briefed on the mission already, right?" The army nodded. "Okay. ShadowToyAgumon, search the city for the DigiDestined. ClearAgumon, you're with me. We wreak the place. And ToyAgumon, you head the the big park a while from here. You'll meet master Starmon there. Go now!"
The Puppet Digimon dispersed. Renamon bit her lip. "This isn't good. I need to get back home."
"Oh, would you look at that. Renamon, how are you today?"
Renamon turned her head to find Commandramon padding next to her. "We have a situation, Sarge."
Commandramon sucked his teeth. "I thought I smelled trouble brewing around here. What are we going to do?"
"Do you know where the others are?"
"Spade and DemiDevimon were training with me and Viral. I can find them easily."
Renamon walked past the Cyborg Digimon. "Good. I'll go get Will and Platinum."
"Aren't you going to brief me on what's going on?" Commandramon asked.
A crash was heard from below. "You can infer." Renamon teased.
Commandramon nodded and jumped off the roof as Renamon began to leap away.
...
"Oh dear..." Soul clutched Lopmon in her arms. "What the heck's going on?"
Soul looked though the large glass pane window of the jewelry store she and her father were in at the time. Outside the store was an army of ToyAgumon who were destroying everything they set their eyes on. They slashed through parked cars and shot toy flames out of the mouths.
Lopmon quivered in Soul's grip. "They're out of control. Let's go help."
"You just want to fight." The blonde muttered.
"It's still the right thing to do, isn't it?" Lopmon protested. Soul sighed and nodded.
"Dad, I'm going out to fight Digimon." Soul called over her shoulder.
"Just come back alive." Her father joked as she raced out the door. He then turned to the jewelery counter to talk to the clerk. "Let me have these two."
A ring came from his suit pocket. He pulled out his cell phone. "Hello?...What?"
...
"Jealousy Rain!" A black cloud appeared over Manhattan. Acidic rain fell from it, melting the hoard of ToyAgumon into data bits.
Will opened his mouth, catching drops on his tongue. "It's sweet. Isn't this acid?"
Ranamon giggled. "I choose what I want to destroy with this move, silly. It'd be catastrophic if it melted everything."
"Pyro Grenade!" Blacky's mouth exploded with black fire, destroying a gaggle of ClearAgumon. Immediately, a new group replaced them. "These things just keep coming!" BlackGuilmon hissed as Renamon attacked with her 'Diamond Storm.'
"Perhaps Evolution is needed here!" Will activated his D-Wrist, Platinum doing the same.
"BlackGuilmon Digivolve to... BlackGrowlmon!"
"Renamon Digivolve to... Witchmon!"
Will pointed to an oncoming group of ShadowToyAgumon with his middle and index finger. "Set!"
Instantly, Blacky's attention snapped to where his Tamer was pointing. "Black Exhaust Flame!" His dark flames swallowed the small army whole.
"Nice teamwork." Ranamon smiled.
"Mom taught us." Will said.
"Witchmon! Bust them down!" Platinum yelled out. Witchmon nodded as she rammed into another group of the Machine Digimon.
"Hey, guys!" A voice called from behind the Tamers. Soul and Turiemon ran up to them. "Guys, something's going in the middle of the park! Spade and Viral went to check it out, but I think they might be in trouble!"
"Platinum, you go with Soul to back the guys up." Will said uneasily.
Platinum shook her head. "No, Witchmon is better at fighting large groups than Blacky. You should go."
"Come on!" Soul tugged on Will's arm. "They might get hurt!" She pulled him away, BlackGrowlmon following.
Platinum grinned as Witchmon flew beside her. "Witchmon, let's see how many Digimon we can take out in under a minute."
"A minute?" Ranamon laughed. "I could take the entire group out in thirty seconds!"
"Well, put your money where your mouth is, sweetie!" Platinum laughed as the ToyAgumon attacked.
...
"Death Behind!" Sealsdramon, with lightning face reflexes, slashed several ClearAgumon apart. Bakemon was behind him, launching his decaying blue hands at his opponents' faces, and crushing them into data.
"Go! Bakemon!" Spade cheered. He then turned to Viral, who was standing next to him. "The training our parents gave us is actually paying off!"
The red-and-black haired teen nodded. "I didn't even suspect my Aunt Gale to even be able to make a TV dinner, let along teach such good battle tactics!"
"Sir, behind you!" Sealsdramon cry was barely audible over the growls of toy monsters.
"Meteor Squall!" A voice bellowed behind the tamers as large rocks suddenly fell from the sky above them. Viral and Spade both jumped out of the way as the rocks created a crater where their feet once were.
"What the heck was that?!" Viral growled.
Starmon appeared before them, cackling softly. His star-shaped body shined silver as he walked towards the tamers. "You are the insects that dare to oppose his majesty, Milliummon! Prepare to be brought to justice!"
Bakemon and Sealsdramon jumped in between their partners and the Mutant Digimon. "Dream on, Starmon!" Bakemon hissed, "You'll be seeing stars by the time we're done with you!"
"Mind Scan!" Starmon shot red beams from his hands. The two Virus Types deflected the blasts and rushed forward and punched Starmon in the face. He staggered backwards, giving Bakemon an opening to launch another attack. "Poison Breath!"
Starmon regained his footing and dodged the attack. He blasted the two Digimon with a Mind Scan, which stunned them. Starmon ran up and kick them with fierce intensity.
"Man, didn't think a Data Digimon, would give us such trouble..." Bakemon wailed.
Sealsdramon seemed to sneer. "Just means we'll have to up our game! Let's try the Fake Out technique!"
Bakemon nodded and flew at Starmon, claws extended. "Hell's Hand!" The ghost slashed through Starmon's side, who then punched the Virus Type as he passed. Bakemon fell to the ground behind the Champion.
The Mutant Digimon turned to attack Bakemon again, but the ghost had already disappeared. Sealsdramon rushed at him and delivered a 'Death Behind' to his other side. Bakemon's head phased out of the ground and shot blue fireballs into Starmon's face.
Starmon fell, and the Virus Digimon stood triumphant. "Looks like we won." Sealsdramon shouted.
"Wait!" Viral yelled, "Remember BlackAgumon? All of Milleniummon's Generals can Digivolve!"
A yellow aura engulfed Starmon, turning his silver body gold. "Starmon, Super Digivolve to..." His blue, red, and silver gloves and boots turned, white, red, and gold, and his yellow scarf became scarlet. A pair of sunglasses covered his eyes. "SuperStarmon!"
Bakemon and Sealsdramon backed up as SuperStarmon stood up. Viral scanned the Ultimate. "Heads up, guys! He's a Vaccine Type now!"
"Now it's time!" SuperStarmon roared, "Face justice! Halley's Squall!" Meteors fell from the sky, twice the size of the ones Starmon summoned.
"Death Charm!" Bakemon shot balls of blue fire at the meteors, and Sealdramon slashed the boulders apart.
"Galactica Eyes!" Beams shot through SuperStarmon's sunglasses, stunning the Champion Digimon. He then punched the two with great force, causing them to fly backwards.
"Shoot!" What do we do now?" Spade gritted his teeth.
A voice called out. "Don't worry! Help's on the way!" Will and Soul appeared behind SuperStarmon with their Digimon.
"Almost all of you are here!" SuperStarmon murmured.
"Yeah, and now we're going to kick your butt!" Turiemon shouted out.
"Bring it on! Halley's Squall!" The Mutant Digimon summoned more meteors. The Tamers and Digimon jumped out of the way. Blacky was the only one who didn't dodge in time, and his arm was grazed by one of the space rocks.
"Blacky, you okay?" Will called.
"Just a scratch!" BlackGrowlmon said as he licked as the wound. It was a large scratch down the side of his arm, the data under his skin visible through the wound.
"Careful, Blacky. Let that heal for a moment." Turiemon yelled. The Virus Type nodded.
"Hellfire!" Bakemon shot more flames at the Ultimate, who slapped them away.
"This guy's really strong." Soul furrowed her eyebrows. "Not good."
BlackGrowlmon's wound slowly began to close as data reformed. "Don't worry 'bout it! We can win it!"
"I find that unlikely." SuperStarmon growled. "Halley's Squall!" Yet again, meteors fell from the sky.
"I'm getting sick of that move." Viral hissed.
"Black Exhaust Flame!" BlackGrowlmon roared as fire exploded from his mouth. The flames swallowed the space rocks and reduced them to ash.
"Super Star Soaker!" SuperStarmon shouted, casting stars made of pure energy from his palms. The stars swallowed the Tamers' Digimon like bubbles, and trapped them inside.
"What is this?" Turiemon squeaked. Suddenly, electricity ran through her body, causing her to scream.
"Turiemon!" Soul gasped. The other Digimon were being electrocuted as well, to the horror of their Tamers.
"This is not even the full extent of my strength!" SuperStarmon cackled. "You can't hope to match me!"
After a moment, the stars dispersed, and the Champions fell to the ground. Will and the others ran to their Digimon.
SuperStarmon continued to chortle. "Well, that was a bit too easy. Now, let's end this!" He lifted his hands, creating a giant meteor. "Prepare for Justice!"
"Blue Flare Breath!" The blue dragon Coredramon lunged at the Ultimate, blowing azure flames into its face. Along with him, a humanoid Insect Digimon flew past the DigiDestined. His clawed hand glowed as a long spike shot from it. "Spiking Strike!" Its split the boulder in half, causing it to disintegrate.
"Whoa." Will gasped. Suddenly a gust of wind almost blew pushed him off his feet. A large red bird flew over the park and landed near the fallen Champions.
Platinum's mother jumped off of the Bird Digimon. "Aquilamon! Help out please." Zelda commanded. The Champion nodded and flew at the Ultimate.
Jerri appeared next to Will and his friends and smacked him on the head. "You're losing your edge." She snickered.
Rusl ran to his son. "You okay, Spade?" He asked. The white-haired boy nodded.
Aquilamon and the Insect Champion, Stingmon, flew at the Ultimate. He dodged their attack by leaping onto a nearby car.
"Blast Laser!" Aquilamon roared and fired ring-shaped beams at the Ultimate. SuperStarmon yelped in pain.
"Evil Anntenna!" Stingmon's long anntenna grabbed at the star-shaped opponent. The mutant Digimon jumped away.
"Shoot. There are too many Digimon here." SuperStarmon muttered. He took out a communicator. "Fall back. We need to regroup."
Turuiemon growled. "Where do you think you are going? Ninja Fist!" The Beast Digimon extended her fist to punch SuperStarmon, but he disappeared in a shining light.
"Dang it." Turuiemon heaved. Soul placed her hand on the Champion's shoulder, reassuring her. The Beast Digimon smiled at her as she degenerated.
Stingmon walked next to Rusl. "That was a bit close."
"You all could have been severely hurt." Jerri pouted. Her son nodded sadly.
BlackGrowlmon degenerated. "That just means we'll have to fight harder next time."
The other Digimon reverted as well. Viral coughed. "We should get going. Starmon will be back, and we'll have to be ready." The others nodded and turned to leave. All except Soul.
"Aren't you coming?" Spade called to the blonde. She shook her head.
"I'm going to go find my father. I was with him before the attack." Soul picked up Lopmon and walked the other way.
Soul and Lopmon ran back to the jewelery store and found Jacob waiting on a half-destroyed bench.
"This is for you." Soul's father handed a piece of silver to her. It had a circle shaped diamond in the center. A silver chain hung from it.
"It's beautiful." Soul smiled. She looked to her father to thank him, but noticed another pendant in his hand. A piece of gold with a diamond in the shape a heart. "Is that for... Heart?"
"Yes. I needed to get her something since she was going to come home later in the month." Jacob sighed. "Your sister disappeared a few days ago from her boarding school."
"What? How did she escape? That school was built to take convicted felons!"
"No idea. There was an explosion at the school, and in the confusion, she slipped away."
"That girl was always trouble." Jacob looked up at the sky, which was hazy smoke from fires the ToyAgumon made. "Always starting fights, getting kicked out of schools. That little prison was the only place I could send her."
"That's the girl that that I see in pictures, right mama?" Lopmon inquired. "The one that looks like you
"Yes, that's my twin sister, remember?" Soul said, "You never met her since she left a bit before I met you. I've told you that."
Soul's father pulled at his stubble of a beard. "Soul, there's something else I want to tell you. Sit."
Soul sat next to her father, placing Lopmon between them. "Is it that you don't have a Digimon, do you?"
"How did you figure that out so fast?" Jacob asked, looking impressed.
"How couldn't I? When Will and everyone's parents talked about their Digimon, you just stood there."
There was a long silence between the two. Lopmon broke it by asking, "It was Soul's mother that had a Digimon, wasn't it?"
"Yes." The blonde man said. He scratched his head, and a few strands fell on his suit.
"Then where is it?" Soul looked at her father quizzically.
"In order to tell you that, I'll have to tell you parts of my research." Jacob cleared his throat. "Digimon and Humans that are partnered together are connected by Digivices such as your D-Wrist. The Digivices not only send energy from your body to the Digimon to activate Evolution, they send your feelings to the Digimon, and vice versa. Have you noticed any of your friends acting incredibly similar to their Digimon, or the other way around?"
Soul thought for a moment, remembering the Diamond Dustin concert, and how Platinum and Renamon were gushing over the pop star all night. Not to mention that her own Digimon had show a lot more compassion to others as they were fighting, like how Soul herself acted. "Yeah, what about it?"
Soul's father bobbed his head. "Well, this link between Digimon and human, which I call the 'DigiLink', is something that binds the two together. Soon, you'll both be able to sense where the other is, no matter the distance. It's because your souls will become one."
"What does that have to do about Grandma's Digimon?" Lopmon tilted her head.
Jacob face turned grim. "Do you know the anatomy of a Digimon? No matter the size or shape, Digimon are data on the inside. Everything that allows Digimon to live is a code that swirls around inside their bodies. Think of them as a program. Every bit of code inside is needed for the program to work-"
"And if just one is taken away, the program ceases to function." Soul turned pale. Lopmon could sense her body's drop in in temperature. "Since a Tamer's soul is mixed together with a Digimon's to form one, the human soul becomes part of the Digimon. If the Tamer die, the Digimon dies with them."
"And since the data is incomplete, the deceased Digimon can't reform into an Egg." Jacob finished.
"That's scary..." Lopmon covered her eyes with her ears. Soul matted down the Digimon's puffed up fur.
"That's what happened with mother. When I was born and she died, the Digimon when with her." Soul's blue eyes hardened. "Heart and I took two lives before we knew what death even was..."
"Don't think like that." Lopmon frowned. "Think positive. Later, let's find everyone and tell them about the 'DigiLink'. This is good news too, ya know."
Soul could sense that Lopmon was lying to herself. Waves of worry and confusion pulsed from the little rabbit.
"Speaking of Heart, the school sent me these picture of the explosion site." Jacob pulled out his phone. "Something look off to you?"
Soul took the phone and positioned it so Lopmon could see. The image showed a grey building that had a large hole blown into the side. Small patches of flames that were still burning dotted the scorched ground, which immediately caught Soul's attention.
"The fire is green." Soul stated, "That can't be right. I doubt this school, no matter how messed up it is, holds the chemicals that could make fire green. And even then, why go through making an explosion green?"
"I was thinking Digimon." The blonde man murmured. Soul agreed.
Lopmom cried out. "Oh no! A Digimon broke into the school and stole your sister!"
"Or..." Soul narrowed her eyes. "A Digimon broke her out."